"Lavrov's talks with Pompeo and Trump were pragmatic and constructive — Zakharova" A very busy and impressively important person, and adept representative of Russia's interests abroad is Foreign Minister, Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (I think in this article is the first time I have seen his full name used). He is Russia's 'everywhere man'. And not... Continue Reading →
Useful Satisfaction ≈ No Progress
So, the Normandy Four meetings held on Monday are hailed as having been both useful and satisfactory. Does that equal 'success'? Well, only if you consider success to mean nothing has changed and no progress has been made. TASS has produced 5 separate stories on this today, none of which indicate that anything happened which... Continue Reading →
Normandy Four – Designed To Fail
Tomorrow, Monday 9 December, is going to be an important day in more ways than the one I talked about in my previous post. It will mark the latest summit meeting of the so-called Normandy Four in Paris, ostensibly to "look for solutions to the conflict in Donbass". It will fail. It will fail, as... Continue Reading →
Minsk, Spinsk, It’s All A Game – with people’s lives
"Russia’s envoy slams Kiev’s statements on non-compliance with its obligations" I don't want to keep harping on about this, but I will if I have to, and the West (including Ukraine) is playing it for all it is worth, but the Minsk agreements championed by the so-called Normandy Four, are dead in the water, barely... Continue Reading →
Normandy Four (Minsk) Coffin Lid Now Screwed Down
Three days ago I reported the DPR's response to the Kiev government's Donbass genocide plan - End of The Normandy Format? - mentioning that the LPR had yet to comment. Well the LPR has now commented through this - "Statement by LPR People’s Council" While various heads of state forming the Normandy Four continue to plan for the... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 